Amadi Leadership Associates, Inc.

Our Services and Our Clients

We invite you to a quick review of the variety of services that we offer as well as the listing of some of our clients. For more detailed information about each service please contact us for an appointment via email, phone or Skype.

Technical Assistance for Non-Profit Organizations

Amadi Leadership offers a wide range of technical assistance services and training to non-profit organizations from start-up organizations to seasoned organizations in need of restructuring.

Organizational Support

How to Start a Non-Profit Organization

Developing a Board of Directors

Developing Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws

Filing for an IRS Tax Exempt Determination or a 501 c 3 Status

Board Training: Roles and Responsibiity

Resource Planning and Development

Financial Policies and Procedures

Strategic Planning

Sustainabiity Planning

Strategic Partnership Development

Risk Management

Internal Program and Organizational Audits

Funding Compliance

Program Support

Program Planning

Program Evaluation

Volunteer Management

Marketing and Technology

Program Promotion and Technology

Web Design

Program Compliance

Program Expansion

Staffing Support

Accountability and Supervision

Problem-Solving

Team Building

Effective Communication

Conflict Resolution

Mediation

Working Effectively With Volunteers

Work Place Ethics

Work Place Etiquette

Recruiting, Hiring and Retaining Staff

Resource Development for Non-Profits

In the current economic climate it is imperative that organizations that intend to survive create a resource development plan that includes multiple streams of funding. A comprehensive resource developmemt plan includes not only getting the financial capital necessary to sustain an organization but the human capital necessary to legitimize the organiization. This can be accomplished through the development of strategic partnerhips and the engagement of stakeholders, volunteers, and advocates. Resource development is more than just writing grants; it is positioning the organization to receive funding from multiple sources which may include service exchanges, bartering, in-kind services, space sharing and more. Amadi provides services in the following areas:

Resource Development Planning

Grant Readiness Preparation

Grant Research

Grant Writing

General Fundraising Campaigns

Fundraising Event Planning

Special Local Funding Appeals

Friend-Raising Campaigns

Board Fundraising Campaigns

Attracting In-Kind Services

Accessing Human Resources

Parent Training & Train the Trainer Parent Workshops

Amadi has extensive background in parent training programs for parents raising babies to those parenting grown adults. Amadi co-published an educational video titled “How to Raise and Teach a Thinking Child” with Dr. Myrna Shure author of I Can Problem Solve and Raising a Thinking Child.

Some of the parenting workshops offered include:

Parenting Starts Before Birth: What I Need to Know

How to Raise a Responsible Adult

Helping Your Child Succeed in School

Effective Communication: A Key to Parenting

Internet Safety: What I Need to Know

Parenting with Love and Discipline

Understanding My Special Needs Child

Parenting My Gifted Child

For more information on how to schedule a consultation meeting or set up a workshop or training module for a special group, please contact Amadi Leadership at

Cultural competence & diversity training

Amadi provides training in cultural competence to a variety of audiences including youth groups, schools, faith and community-based organizations. Tailor-made workshops and training modules can vary in length from a three to four hour introductory workshop to a two-day intensive training course.

Amadi Leadership Associates, Inc. was invited by the Search Institute to write a workbook for youth on diversity.

A wide range of cultural competence issues are addressed in this creative resource for raising diversity awareness in teenagers. With a comprehensive approach that incorporates a variety of learning styles and skill levels, the three sections include personal-awareness activities for those with little exposure to diversity issues, a section for building cultural awareness around a particular topic, and practice activities for trying out new relationship-building methods.

Each activity invites participants to examine their attitudes and behaviors about diversity and makes the lesson tangible with group discussion. More than 20 reproducible activity sheets and scripts provide group leaders with hands-on tools and ready-to-use lesson plans; and a section on facilitation techniques helps program leaders guide sensitive discussions.

Dawn C. Oparah, Vice President and lead trainer for Amadi Leadership Associates, Inc. is the author of

Make a World of Difference. The book supports the Internal Asset of social and cultural competence as a part of the 40 Developmental Assets that serve as building blocks for healthy youth development.